Mothproof bag.



J. WEINSTEIN.

MOTHPROOF BAG. APPLICATION FILED mm, 1914.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. FHOTO-LITIHL. WASHINUION. I)v l.

JACOB WEINSTEIN, OF NEW' HAVEN, GONNECTIGUI.

MOTHPROOF nae.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed March 27, 1914.. Serial No. 827,541.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, JACOB WEINSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ew' Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mothproof Bags; and 1 do hereby declare the f0llowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said. drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a face view of a bag constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a broken side view partly in section showing the flap in the open position. Fig. 3 a broken plan view showing the same position of the flaps. Fig. 4 a broken plan view showing the first fold of the flaps. Fig. 5 a similar view showing the second fold. F 6 a sectional view on the line a?) of Fig. 1 showing the final fold. Fig. 7 a sectional view on the line 00 of Fig. 2, enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in moth-proof bags such as are commonly f used for containing which it is and moths.

The object of this invention is a simple construction which will be dust and mothproof and to which access may be conveniently had through the front of the bag articles of clothing desired to protect against dust as distinguishedfrom bags in which the opening is at the top or bottom or at one side; and the invention consistsin the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

in carrying out my invention, I form the bag from any suitable material, preferably of water proof cloth. This is made up into bag-shape comprising a back 2 sections 3 and t. The front and back are suitably seamed together at the top and bottom so as to form a tight joint, and preferably at the center of the top is located a rubber disk 5 which is perforated to permit the passage of a wire hook 6 of a hanger 7 of any approved design, which is inclosed in the bag. A portion of each edge of the front section extends beyond the plane of the front forming flaps 8 and 9, and preferably the upper ends of these flaps are stitched together on a curved line, these curved lines 10 merging into a seam 11 by the corresponding socket members moth proof pressed down upon and front which the front sections of the bag are connected. Secured to the face of the section 4 adjacent to the flap 9'are a series of fastening devices 12 preferably in the form of stud members of a ball-and-socket fastener, 13 being secured to the outer face of the flap 8 a suitable distance from the face of the section 3. These flaps form a long opening or mouth through which access to the interior of the bag may be had, and by extending substantially the length of the bag it is comparatively easy to insert any article of clothing into the bag and suspend it upon the hanger 7. To close the bag the outer ends of the flaps 8 and 9 are'lirst folded upon themselves as shown in Fig. 4,, the folded portion being about one-third the width of the flaps. This folded portion is then folded against the ren'iaining portion of the flap as shown in Fig. 5, and finally the folded flaps are the edge of the section 4 as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings at which time the socket members are in position to engage with the stud members of the fastening devices and these fastening devices may be conveniently engaged. By thus folding the flaps upon themselves a tight joint is secured which is moth and dust proof; that is, by curving the ends of the flaps the point of opening between them is below the point where the flaps start to project from the front members of the bag. 11 thus produce a moth and dust proof bag which is readily accessible for placing garments within it and provide a fastening device which is not only secure, but readily engaged or disengaged.

1 claim 1. A moth-proof bag formed from flexible material including back and front members, the front members formed with outwardly projecting flaps shorter than the length of the bag and connected together at their ends and adapted to be folded upon themselves, and means for fastening the folded flaps against the faces of the bag.

2. A moth-proof bag formed from flexible material and provided at its front with a long opening shorter than the length of the bag the edges of yond the faces of the bag forming two flaps connected together at their ends and adapted to be folded upon themselves and secured to the outer face of the bag.

3. A moth proof bag formed from flexible the opening projecting bematerial and having a long opening at the In testimony whereof, I have signed this front shorter than the length of the vhag, the specification in the presence of two subscrib- "2 edges of the opening extended forming flaps, ing Witnesses.

the upper and lower ends ofwhich are curved T r w T and secured together, said flaps adapted to JACOB VEIBSLEIL be folded upon themselves, and means for lVitnesses:

Securingthe folded flaps to the face of the FREDERIC C. EARLE,

hag. M. P. NICHOLS.

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